Tokyo Swordmaster Online Dealer

"Are you interested in doing some part-time work, Uesugi-kun? I remember you seemed to be quite short of money?"

Uesugi Kiyoshi was stunned for a moment by Akutagawa Ryunosuke's change of topic, and repeated the two words with some confusion.

"part time?"

From a murder case to a part-time job, the gap is too big.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke nodded affirmatively and stood up.

"Uesugi-kun, aren't you curious about why Yokotano became like that?"

"Is this world really as peaceful and tranquil as you see it?"

"You have all the ancient sword skills, but are you really willing to keep them as a dragon-slaying technique and never use them again for the rest of your life?"

"You've seen a lot of blood today."

"That"

"Do you want to see more?"

Akutagawa Ryunosuke slammed the black jade cane to the ground, making a crisp sound of jade hitting each other.

His eyes were somewhat bewitching, and he looked at Uesugi Kiyoshi without any hesitation, and asked some questions that Uesugi Kiyoshi had not expected.

"The world of ghosts and gods, the door to the extraordinary."

"Uesugi-kun, if you are interested and want to take this step."

"Please come with me, let's talk somewhere else."

After Akutagawa Ryunosuke finished saying these words, in order to show his sincerity, he pointed with his cane, and the handcuffs on Uesugi Kiyoshi's hands fell off. He waved his hand again and took out a crimson sword bag out of thin air - it was Uesugi Kiyoshi's wooden sword, which was gently placed in front of its original owner.

Then he turned and left.

He closed the door of the interrogation room and the room became silent.

Uesugi Kiyoshi digested Akutagawa Ryunosuke's words, his eyes full of thoughtfulness.

It seems that this Inspector Akutagawa has a somewhat unusual identity.

Half a minute later, he suddenly stood up, holding the ebony knife in his hand, and pushed the door open with firm steps.

Chapter 32 Ghosts and Gods

Uesugi Kiyoshi was not a man without strategy. All the decisions he made were well thought out.

He could judge that Akutagawa Ryunosuke probably had no ill intentions. He was now in the Metropolitan Police Department, which was the other party's territory and he couldn't cause any waves. The fact that the other party was willing to go to the trouble of talking to him first showed that he was still sincere.

The ability to take objects out of thin air that Akutagawa Ryunosuke just demonstrated also shows his identity - he is definitely not an ordinary person.

Coupled with some pointed questions from Akutagawa Ryunosuke, Uesugi Kiyoshi thought for a while and made a judgment - could it be that he is trying to recruit me to join his gang because of my ability to defeat Yokodano?

It is not impossible. If he really belongs to some "special department", it is reasonable for him to discover the traces left by "Heart Slash" on Yokotano.

When I think about it this way, it seems that there were quite a lot of tests in Akutagawa Ryunosuke's previous questions!

As for his decision.

It doesn’t hurt to go and have a look.

It's not certain who is trying to trick whom, he also wants to find out the background of Inspector Akutagawa.

In order to acquire the ability to fight against evil spirits, he ran all over the streets of Tokyo just to learn some self-defense skills. He also persevered in the boring and tedious kendo training for ordinary people.

What are these for?

The threat from the evil spirit was like the sword of Damocles hanging over his head, making him nervous all the time.

This is a matter of life and death, and we cannot be careless in the slightest.

Moreover, he now has some speculations and curiosity about Akutagawa Ryunosuke's identity.

He was not afraid of anything going wrong, nor was he afraid that Akutagawa would lie to him. His master should also be from the extraordinary world. It would not hurt to test the waters today and then go back to confirm and discuss it with his master.

If Akutagawa suddenly gets angry, hum...

With wooden swords in hand, it's hard to say who will attack whom! He became a little bolder, and Uesugi Kiyoshi pushed the door open and walked out. He looked at Akutagawa Ryunosuke who was waiting for him at the door, and remained silent.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke seemed to have expected that Uesugi Kiyoshi would follow him out. He smiled slightly and took Uesugi Kiyoshi up the stairs.

five minutes later,

At the railing at the edge of the rooftop of the Metropolitan Police Department building, Akutagawa Ryunosuke and Uesugi Kiyoshi stood side by side.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke stretched lazily without any image, sighed, pointed his hand outward, and expressed some emotion.

"Look, Uesugi-kun."

“The night view of Tokyo is beautiful.”

It is now past nine o'clock in the evening, but the city of Tokyo does not look tired at all. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is a high-rise building with 18 floors. From the rooftop here, you can see the night view of half of Tokyo.

Uesugi Kiyoshi looked in the direction pointed by Akutagawa Ryunosuke. The weather was bad today and a rainstorm was about to come, but wherever he looked, there were still flashing neon lights. Under the colorful light pollution, not even a single star could be seen in the inky sky. The streets were bustling with traffic, and there were lights and wine under the flowers and the moon. The hustle and bustle floated above the mortal world, exuding the vitality unique to this world.

"This world is full of singing and dancing."

"But we are in a precarious situation."

Akutagawa Ryunosuke withdrew his gaze, tilted his head and said these two words to Uesugi Kiyoshi.

"Before I explain to you the problem of part-time jobs, I first have to tell you what we are and what we will face."

"I believe you would also like to know, Uesugi-kun. Excuse me, I am very good at judging people."

"You don't look like a law-abiding person."

"A real mortal, no matter how advanced in swordsmanship, would not think of fighting to the death when encountering a monster like Yokotano. Most people would choose to run away and call the police."

"But what about you?"

"Draw your sword and kill"

"You lack respect for them!"

"You were born to do our job!"

Akutagawa Ryunosuke took a few steps back and bowed slightly to Uesugi Kiyoshi.

"In order to facilitate my explanation, I may have to invite Uesugi-kun to visit my private domain."

"Please don't panic or resist. I have no ill will towards you. I repeat."

As Akutagawa Ryunosuke spoke, he tapped the ground lightly with the black jade cane in his hand.

Uesugi Kiyoshi only felt a trance, with a brief feeling of dizziness in his head. Countless bizarre colors spread in his eyes, as if he had traveled through time and space. When he came to his senses, the scenery around him had changed drastically.

This is still the rooftop of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, and standing in front of him is Ryunosuke Akutagawa.

but.

The shining neon lights disappeared without a trace, and there was only the whistling of cold wind on the wide streets. There was not even a single person in sight. All the lights were off, the night was thick, and countless gray-black mists filled the air, giving people a strange, dreamlike feeling.

The sky was filled with twinkling stars and a blood moon was shining in the sky, casting an ominous dark red light.

The whole of Tokyo seemed to have turned into a dead city.

Uesugi Kiyota was familiar with the feeling here. This was the ghost realm of evil spirits.

If that were all, that would be fine.

Uesugi Kiyoshi looked around, his heart startled, and he stared in the direction of Tokyo Tower. His pupils shrank, and his hand subconsciously held the handle of the wooden sword.

Atop the 330-meter-high tower, there resides an enormous monster.

It looked like a combination of a giant snake and an octopus, with the upper body of a snake and the lower body of an octopus - eight winding limbs. The monster used the suction cups on its limbs to firmly attach itself to the Tokyo Tower, and its body, dripping with disgusting liquid, filled the Tokyo Tower to the brim, making it look shaky.

There are many raised tumors on the snake's body, which are beating faintly like the heart of a mammal. Occasionally, a tumor breaks open, and a rain of blood will spill.

The blood rain evaporated into gray-black mist in the air.

The snake's head was covered with hideous scales and irregular bone spikes, which formed a mysterious pattern that made Uesugi Kiyoshi feel dizzy after just a few glances.

The snake has eight eyes, each of which is a compound eye like a fly, looking in different directions of Tokyo, as if trying to take in the world.

Uesugi Kiyoshi looked away with difficulty and looked at Akutagawa Ryunosuke with an unprecedented solemn look.

He swallowed, rolled his Adam's apple, and lowered his voice to squeeze out a word.

"what is that!"

Akutagawa Ryunosuke looked towards the direction of Tokyo Tower as usual, with a strange smile on his face, and nodded slightly.

He answered the question irrelevantly: "You can see it."

"What do you see?"

Uesugi Kiyoshi was in no mood to waste time, so he used concise language to describe the indescribable monster he had seen.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke nodded slightly, with the smile on his face still intact.

"Uesugi-kun, his name is Jörmungandr."

"He is the snake that devours dreams, a genuine [God]."

“He is also one of our enemies.”

Uesugi Kiyoshi shook his head, suppressed the fear that was rising in his heart, and whispered, "God?"

Akutagawa Ryunosuke ignored Uesugi Kiyoshi's gaffe and continued talking on his own.

"Weird, ghost, monster, ghost, evil spirit."

"This kind of [existence] has countless nicknames. Their origins are no longer traceable. Some are the souls of people after death, some are born from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and some are mountain spirits and wood spirits that have given birth to spiritual intelligence."

"But they really exist in places invisible to mortals."

"We call it -- a ghost!"

"The weak are ghosts, the strong are gods, transcending the mundane world and standing high in the clouds!"

"And this is the home of ghosts and gods, and the Jedi of mankind."

"We call it the Dream Mirror World."

"The god in the dream and the ghost in the mirror are always coveting our world!"